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Release Number: 09-057

For Immediate Release

Public Information
Office

March 1, 2009

Debbie Carter:
dcarter@hcso.tampa.fl.us

(813) 247-8060

Who:

Unknown white
male, 40 – 50 years of age

What:

Death
investigation

When:

March 1, 2009 at
5:05 p.m.

Where:

11th
avenue N.W. and 4th Street N.W.

Ruskin

Why/How:

At approximately
5:05 p.m. a worker discovered the body in a ditch, approximately 15
feet off the roadway. The victim was fully clothed and there are no
visible signs of trauma. There was no identification on the individual.

The Medical
Examiners Office will determine the cause of death.

Detectives believe
that the subject could possibly be one of the homeless individuals in
the Ruskin area.